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Wednesday, September 16, 2009

It's Raining...Men?

Yesterday I was researching the meteorological phenomenon of frogs falling from the sky (don't ask) and it got me started thinking about how much I LOVE weird idioms. You know, even overused ones like it's raining cats and dogs. When we lived in France, I started my own French idiom collection. Here's a few for your enjoyment:

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When I was about 4 or 5 years old, we had a rain storm and there were tiny frogs everywhere. I remember seeing them on the ground, but no one actually saw them fall. I tried to watch your video, but it was too much, even for an 80's lover like me. Fun post, as always. Thanks for doing our leg work for us and keeping us so "in the know". Susan

LOVED THIS! In the South we say, The Devil's beating his wife with a frying pan, when it rains and the sun is out. Much like the Eskimos who have hundreds of words for snow, we have hundreds of words for rain.

I love your blog, and read it all the time. Just lurk but the ax photo made me laugh. Who thought of that for a sculpture :) Nataliesright they must get some heavy rains not to mention dangerous. Thanks for sparking my imagination.

This reminded me of a really strange movie called Magnolia. There was a rather lengthy and astounding scene in it where frogs rained from the sky. So, here it is, on YouTube!http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sWJuQD0cL8

Jaxpop, a little old lady in a mill village told me about a time long ago when it rained frogs, and I couldn't tell if she was pulling my leg or not! Such a strange phenomenon! Weird. I'd love to hear more about that.

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I'm happy to be the Minister to Children at First Baptist Church, Greenville, South Carolina. I'm also an author, a teacher, a mom, and Chief Wrangler of Tanner the Slobber Dog and Libby the Murderous Cat. I search my crazy life for God's fingerprints, and then I write about them. I also drink coffee, fight piles of dirty laundry, and dream of French pastries.

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